Suzlon US arm bags order to supply 10 wind turbines

Mumbai: Wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy on Monday said its US-based arm Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation, has received order for supply of 10 wind turbines.

A step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the company has bagged an order to supply 10 Suzlon S88 2.1 MW wind turbines that would generate 21 megawatt of energy for the Grant County Wind Farm, in Minnesota, USA, Suzlon said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

However, the company has not disclosed the financial details of the project.

Construction on the site has already begun and the wind farm is expected to be in commercial operation in the first quarter of 2010, the filing added.

Shares of Suzlon were trading at Rs69.65 on the BSE, up 4.42% from its previous close.